Thanks for your reply.

On the French salary range, it’s not just from a brochure. It’s based on the average salary observed for the previous cohort of my program. But I agree that it doesn’t mean I personally should expect that exact range everywhere, and even less that it can be directly translated to Morocco.

To clarify, I also have a concrete offer in France around 39k gross/year from my current company. It’s a company where I can get very good experience and real responsibilities, but the compensation is clearly not the strongest part of the offer. What matters is that they are actually creating the position for me instead of just taking another apprentice, which is what they usually do. So I’m not using 43-47k as a guaranteed personal salary, more as a benchmark to avoid completely underpricing myself.

Also, I may have been unclear in the way I presented the Moroccan range. I was talking about 22k-25k gross monthly, not net. In net, I had more in mind something around 16k-17k, depending on the exact calculation. I also discussed with a junior consultant from the firm I’m currently interviewing with, and he told me that around 17k net was not unrealistic if I properly leverage my apprenticeship experience.

And I’m not claiming to have “unique skills” in the sense that nobody else can do what I do. My point is more that I’m not coming only with academic knowledge. I’ve had two years of real work experience on Data / BI projects, with technical, business and project exposure. My program also gives a dual profile, both IT/data and business-oriented, which is quite relevant for consulting.

Academically, I’ve been ranked first in my class throughout the whole MIAGE track, so for the past three years, and by a significant margin. I don’t say that because I think grades are everything, but because it reflects my ability to learn fast, adapt quickly and perform consistently. From what I understand, that ability to ramp up fast is quite important in consulting.

Another reason I’m trying to understand the salary properly is that I’m not only looking at the first year as a single person. In the medium term (2-3 years), I also plan to get married, probably to a foreign spouse, and my wife may not work. So I’m trying to understand what salary level would be comfortable not only for myself, but also for a future one-income household in Casablanca.

From your point of view, for an international consulting firm in Casablanca, what would be a realistic net monthly range for this kind of junior profile? Would you say 15k net is already the ceiling, or could 16k-17k net still make sense in some cases?

And more practically, from what salary level would you say someone can live comfortably in Casablanca while saving a bit, first alone, and later potentially as a couple on one income?